My sister called me this morning and told me that she and her hubby have decided that they want to renew their wedding vows.  They’ve been married for 20 years, and their first wedding was a secret elopement held across the country and no one in the family was informed about it until after the fact.  Now they want to renew their vows in a ceremony that resembles a “real wedding” and have all of their friends and family attend.

Well, today is Valentine’s Day, and I hope everyone has a good one.  I bought little boxes of chocolates and Valentine’s day cards for my kids and my hubby and put them by their breakfast bowls for them to see when they came to the kitchen to eat.  I hope to eat dinner out tonight!  We’ll have to leave early to beat the dinner rush because it’s a Saturday!

I can remember reading a book as a young girl titled something like City mouse and country mouse.  Or maybe it was the other way around.  The gist of it was that a mouse used to the country went to visit a mouse that lived in the city and was overwhelmed by the experience and glad to get home again.  Well, I can empathise with the country mouse.  I am NOT a city girl!  I get anxiety attacks when I am in a crowd!  And cities are crowded!  I like the country!  Yup, I’m a country girl!  I have friends that live in cities, and they invite me to come visit them.  I DO go visit them and I have a good time, but I’m always glad to come home again!

Well, I heard that the groundhog saw his shadow this morning!  Six more weeks of winter!  I’m unhappy about that, I’m tired of the cold this year.  I don’t know why it has bothered me more this year than usual.  Though come to think of it, it is probably because I’ve got the thermostat set lower to save energy and money.  That is probably the real reason!  Thank goodness for long johns and warm sweaters!